chris_b

I saw someone using an LM800 through a BF Super Compact with an EBS Valve Drive. I was surprised how good he sounded out in the room. Made me sit up and take notice.

Markbass's product philosophy baffles me. They have discontinued more amps and cabs than most of their competitors have ever designed. Anyway, I had the LM2 (analog) and liked it a lot. The LM3 (now D class) would be my choice if I was going for Markbass again. I'd recommend you also look at the Aguilar TH500 and AG700.

It's true. I've been known to tap my right foot when playing my blue bass and tap my left foot with the 3 tone sunburst.

Our keyboard player used to travel with the drummer. Usually they would meet up half way and load into one car. At the end of one evening they loaded up the keyboard players car and he drove home. The next morning he found that one of his keyboards was missing. It had been left on the pavement leaning against a tree! 2 days later he got a call from a local music shop saying someone was trying to get in touch. They had found the keyboard and wanted to return it. All they had to go on was his name on the case and an internet search!! He gave the guy £50.

My first bass was a Framus Star Bass 5/149. Cost £22 10/-. Good to learn on but not a well made instrument. This photo was after I'd been playing a year and the tuning pegs had already broken and been replaced. The pots went next! I ended up having to wire the pickup directly to the jack socket. I worked for the summer holidays picking fruit to buy that bass and an amp. I played it acoustically for a year before I could earn the money for a cab.

So you're using a 450 watt 210 combo without extension cab. That's about 250 watts into 210's. The 210 extension cab will give you a serious boost in volume and tone, but I reckon you can do better. How are you sourcing the gear you've mentioned? I see the amp is discontinued. You're looking at big, heavy stuff. Is that intentional? What is your budget? If it has to be Ashdown, then Lozz196's suggestions are pretty spot on.

Still sadly missed. The good old days.

So far (touch wood) I haven't had anything stolen. The guitarist forgot to lock his van one night and both his Strats were stolen. Was that a coincidence or do these people try the doors of every vehicle every night? I've noticed that the other guys in the band leave their car doors and tail-gates open when they're loading in and out. I close the car when I'm ferrying gear in or out of the gig or home and the car is always unpacked after every gig. The basses go in last and come out first. I have left my cabs in the car only a few times over the years. I reckoned if someone wanted to run off down the street with a 95lb cab then good luck to them. I wouldn't be heartbroken if I had something nicked. Bloody annoyed with myself for letting it happen but that's all. Loosing the cash would smart, but nothing is irreplaceable and I'd be looking to make the replacement an upgrade.

If you want 900 watts you don't need big gear any more, but you need the flexibility. Adding more cabs will get you much louder than increasing the number of watts. . Big amps are fine but more flexible if they go to 2.67 ohm. That means you can run 3 8 ohm cabs or 1 4 ohm and 1 8 ohm cab.

I use my One10 for practice. I would gig it if I was still playing in the duo with an acoustic guitarist. I have gigged 2 One10's and they worked very well together with a full band.

These are good cabs. I had one for a couple of years before I moved to Barefaced. If you want the CN212 ask the guy if he'll hold it until the 15th.

Pointless or stunning? Dunnow, but some of his videos are probably less serious than others. That bass? It's just a piece of posh firewood if you ask me. This guy is an excellent musician and probably makes more out of his Youtube channel In a week than the rest of us make out of music in a year. Good on him.

If I had a roadie who treated my gear the "same as I do" it wouldn't have a mark on it. I don't know what kind of "damage" we're talking about here, but I always buy covers for my cabs and a rack, bag or a case for my amps. As I haven't seen the cab I can only guess, but it sounds like it's not being transported, stored or treated with as much care as you expect.

Roadies will seriously damage any gear given time. If I was using roadies I would always flightcase my gear. I've never seen these guys look after anything.

Jerry Barnes is a great player. I believe he was the one who talked Nile Rogers into putting a band together and gigging the back catalogue.

So, I guess my "aware" is your "reading the mood"? Communication is key but watching each other shouldn't part of what we are do. I know not many of us are going to gig at the Pyramid stage or a stadium any time soon, but those guys are focussed on the audience. They are rehearsed to the eye-balls and tooled up for it. They are hearing every nuance and are "aware" but their focus goes only one way.

Everyone in the band should be aware of everyone else on stage and eye contact is important throughout a gig but the guys in the band shouldn't be looking at each other in order to aid their playing!

I started to show some interest in music when the Beatles, Kinks, Stones Johnny Kidd and the Pirates etc arrived but the earthquake didn't hit until I saw my first John Mayall gig. No way back after that.

I liked that. 1cwt of King Edwards over the kit. In time in the right place. Double bass drum pedal. Sounded good to me.

The F1 was the only amp I've owned in the last 10 years that I didn't like. I thought it sounded sterile and lifeless. IMO my LM2 was far better. Neither amp is made anymore but there are plenty of Markbass amps to try that will sound pretty good.

Hurt his feelings. Tell him to stop or he's fired.

Your brain knows how to climb a mountain, even when you're walking on the flat.

Neither am I and I'm currently having lessons. My first ever, and after more than 50 years of playing! We're not talking about a comprehensive musical education. I asked my teacher for help to dig me out of the rut I was in. It was a good rut. Everything I have been asked to play has fitted right in. Even so, I have always been aware of my limits and limitations and finally decided that I needed to make the effort to move beyond them. A 5 min talk opened the door to a new way of thinking. Now we're working on my repertoire and the brain and fingers are starting to catch up.

I'm sure there are. Take no notice of me. As I said in my post, I just don't have the mind-set to be a collector.

A back up amp and dirt in your sound are 2 different things. Get a good second amp and a pedal that works with any amp you buy.